Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-26
Thrs SENATE Spends Considerable Time
on the Woman's Suffrage Resolu.
tien, which is Defeated.
The House ADOPTS tho Majority Report in
the Rhode Island Contested Election
Case Declaring a Vacancy.
NLIX CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

oath of Office administered to him by the
presiding officer, and took the seat re
Gently occupied by Senator Culiom, while
the latter took that of the late Senator
Logan.
Senator Plumb presented q petition in
favor of letting the people of the District
of Columbia vote on the question of the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors.
Senator Allison presented conference
report on the army appropriation bill
and stated that most of the amendments
were formal and that the total amount
appropriated in the bill was 1928, 724, rs,
being SIS, 33S less than the appropriation
Of last year.
Senator Hawley thought this good
opportunity to inquire of Sena or Allison
what had become OF the forufcation bill
OF last session.
Senator Allison suggested that Senator
Dawes, chairman of the conference COM
mlttee on that bill, could explain matters
best.
Senator Dawes said that the conference
committee on the fertilization bill held
two or three sittings last session and had
been unable to agree. Immediately on
the assembling of this session the confer
ence committee had been called together
and had held several meetings w, thout
being able ss yet to agree. He was not
certain that it would be proper for
him 10 state what the differ
ences were. There was some pros
pect, however, that in some shape
there would be an early agreement. The
differences seemed to be radical; they
seemed to be between doing substantially
nothing, and appropriating 100000 or
S6,000,000 to begin the work. There
seemed to be a lack OF confidence on the
part of some of the House conferees, or
those who would have to execute the law
under the existing administration. He
thought Il the conference committee
could be induced to establish new
bureau for the purpose OF executing the
law good deal of difficulty could be got
over.
The conference report on the army ap
preparation bill WAS then agreed to.
Senator Dawes from the conference COM
mittee on the bill to provide for the allot-
ment of lands in severaltv to the Indians
on the various reservations and TO extend
the protection of the laws of the United
States and of the territories over the In
dams, made report and after some ex
PLANTATION the report was agreed to.
Senator Hoar from the committee on
privileges and elections reported on the
case Of the petition of three resi-
dents Of Washington county, Tex,
alleging they and Others had
been unlawfully deprived of the right
of suffrage in that county, a resolution
instructing the COMM tee to inquire into
all the circumstances, with power to
send for persons and pap re-, to employ
stenographer and to act by subcommit-
tee.
Senator Salisbury, member of the
committee, said h. had voted against the
report in committee and would vote
against it in the Senate.
Senator Eustis, another member of the
committee, made like statement.
The recort and memorial were ordered
printed ard went over for the present.
bill was introduced by Senator Beck
to amend the oleomargarine law.
The resolution offered by Senator Cali,
some time since, was amended so as to
instruct the Attorney Geaeral to bring a
suit for an injunction against the Florida
Railway and Navigation Company, was
called up.
Senator Morgan addressed the Senate
in opposition to it.
Senator Morgan was still speaking
when the hour OF 9 O'Clock arrived and
the presiding officer announced the
regular order to be unfinished business,
the bill 20 establish agricultural expert
mental stations.
Senator Blair moved to lay aside un-
finished business and take up the p-opos-
ed woman's suffrage constitutional
amendment. Carried by % to l6.
Before proceeding with the co1sidera- !
ton of the suffrage resolution the chair |
affixed his signature to the inter state |
commerce bill.
The following Is the text of the pro-
posed amendment: "The right of citi-
Zens of the United States to vote shall |
not be denied o. abridged by the United |
States, or by any state, on account Ct sex
Congress shall have power by sppFUpr- |
ate legislation to enforce the provisions
OF this article" I
Senator Brown addressed the senate inJ
opposition. He said woman now exefsf
cised an imperceptible influence in public
affairs much greater than she could if
female suffrage We're enacted. 1t might |
be qualification to small minority of |;
women, but it would be a cruelty to a
large majority. The most ignorant and
less refined portions of the female popu-
lation. TO say smoothing OF the I
better classes, would flock to
the polls, while, the refined, intelligent
and virtuous women would stay at home,
and thus there would be vast prepon-
derance OF ignorance and vice al the
polls. Things were bad enough now in
that connection. Was the Senate ready
to expose women to such decentralization,
and the country TO such strain, in order
merely to CRAFTY q small minority st the
expense of modification to large ma
jority Who regarded the movement as an
attempt to reverse the very laws of being?
Senator Dolph favored the resolution:
The stage of ridicule of the morement'
was past. This resolution might mot
pass, but the time was not far distant
when in every stste and territory women
would be admitted to an equal voice
in the gOvel nment whether the fedr4
eral constitution be amended or not.
No measure Involving such.radical changes
in society had made sucn great progress
Is the woman suffrage movement since
he first convention IN Favor of it was held
Il 1878 at Niagara Pslls, n. Y:
Senator Eusfis inquired of Senator
Doiph whether he did not think that if
woman had the right ofsuffrage she ought
llso to be required to serve on juries.